Cecilie

This was a really insightful read, specifically written for White people, and I can't recommend it enough. This is really only a “beginner's level” book on racism, but, quite frankly, I think that's exactly where we all need to start. You won't get anywhere if you don't know the groundwork, anyway, and White Fragility puts a lot of things on the table simply as it is, and forces you to reconsider a lot of the maybe normal parts of life that you've missed out on realizing were really quite harmful towards people of color. It's things we say without thinking, or subconscious reactions we make, and the only way to improve ourselves is to realize where the problems lie and do our best to change them so it doesn't happen again. This book is a great starter for that in the realm of racism and it would do every White person on earth wonders to actually read it. 
Can definitely recommend.

Best boy Nikolai ❤️
Thought the drama between Mal and Alina would have been worse. Then I reached that second half of the book and it really was. Nikolai is a lovely addition to the cast of characters, though I find Alina's affinity to just ignore her problems with Mal for the sake of a moment of fun with Nikolai else very annoying. Especially when Nikolai's charming character makes him feel like such a good fit for a love-interest. Oh well. I guess we can't have it all.
It's a quick read and though politics take up a fair amount of this book, I was really enjoying and the different settings we were in. It was nice to have the dynamics that come with new scenery. And again, Nikolai is just 👌🏻😍

A book that's been on my list for so incredibly long it feels like. And I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was expecting it to be more dark academia because I saw it on a list of DA, but I definitely wouldn't call this dark academia. It's very crucially missing the academic aspect lol. I thought Eli as the antagonist is quite boring because all he's raging on is a God complex and I find that boring. I was expecting to be able to be sympathetic to both sides but I was only sympathetic to Victor. That's why it's not higher rated, because otherwise it's intriguing the whole way through, and I always love when bad people have to navigate having a kid around and actually wanting to keep that kid a little safe too. It's a favorite trope of mine and part of what made me interested right from the beginning. 

This was great!
It does in no way live up to the standard that is Harry Potter, but I really enjoyed it!
The format does change the detail of which the story can be told, and I think in particularly that this would have been better as a novel rather than a play.
I love the new characters, though, and Scorpius is an absolute treasure.
At times I did find the characters I knew well to be a bit out of character, but with a different author it's to be expected I guess. I like to think that the script J.K. Rowling originally wrote is not the end result we're reading Spoiler [In particular, the fact that Voldemort had a child, which I find in no way plausible, like, at all. It would have made more sense if Delphi had just been raised by Death Eaters and wanted Voldemort in charge. And that Harry's pain in his scar returning would be something like phantom pains because he was feeling deja vu of his youth when voldy was alive.] 
This story is quite a whirlwind, and would have been explained better in a novel, I mean things that would have been difficult and a real hard task were just glossed over. 
Overall, I really did enjoy it though, even if it isn't like the rest of the series. In a sense, I don't think it should have been branded as the eighth Harry Potter book, but instead as a spin-off, or something. 
Lastly, I just need to say this: we need a ship name for Albus and Scorpius.

Orion, tell me you did not just do that. I mean, I knew you would, but I'm still mad about it.
I had a great time reading this. It's just fun. I like that El is so cranky, and I like that Orion gets giddy when El lets something romantic happen, even though he's hardwired to be a mal-killing machine. It's just fun, y'all.
Most of the book is just training, which can get a little tedious, but because we're constantly moving towards new goals, the story doesn't go stale.

I had a great time reading this! It's deeply unserious in the way that Percy Jackson books are also deeply unserious, you know what I mean? Like, the exasperation from the MC makes you want to take everything as a joke but it isn't actually. I really enjoyed it!
I know there was some controversy on this back when it came out about representation, and its probably safe to say that it didn't nail it head-on - mainly because it isn't very representative at all. But I enjoyed it nonetheless, and I don't think the book does any active harm either.

HOLY MOTHER OF JESUS CHRIST
For a long time, I was really enjoying this book, but that was it, you know, I thought it was like a solid four star book. And then the end came nearer and nearer and Megan and the whole plot twist and the reason why Steeheart couldn't be killed, I mean oh my goodness gracious, I am so impressed and I just loved this book so much, like, wow I need the next one IMMEDIATELY.
FIREFIGHT I WANT YOU!
It's really weird and crazy and insane and making me kind of scared that the next book is called Firefight, because I now know what it is about this person and I'm scared.
Holy fucking shit.

The squeal that just came out of me. The movement my body just made. Idfk. But that was cute as hell, that was SO CUTE I DON'T EVEN WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY. IT WAS SO HEARTWARMING AND AUDREY WAS GREAT AND THERE WAS A CUTE BOY AND REALLY NICE FAMILY DYNAMICS AND I JUST- THAT WAS SO CUTE OMG I LEGIT SQUEALED WHEN I FINISHED BECAUSE THE HAPPINESS IT GIVES IS SO PURE

HOLY SHIT FUCK
This was just a wild rollercoaster of emotions, like holy crap
THAT PLOT TWIST, THOUGH, I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING, LIKE, AT ALL, NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT, NOPE NOPE, NEVER EVEN CROSSED MY MIND, I JUST WOW
I can now official call myself a fan of Dan Brown because now I've read more than one of his books.
I will recommend this book to..... literally everyone.
READ THIS BOOK HOLY MOTHER OF GOD READ IT

4.5 STARS
THE ONLY REASON THIS DOESN'T HAVE FIVE STARS IS BECAUSE IT TOOK ME ONE THIRD OF THE BOOK TO GET INTO IT, WHICH IS SOMEWHERE AROUND 200 FUCKING PAGES.
This book was awesome. That is the best way I can say it, truly.
It really helped that there was a small (and I mean VERY small, like TINY tiny) love-line going through, because I have a lot of trouble reading books without them, I just want that relationship, you know?
Also, getting to see from the killer's POV was FANTASTIC, and in the beginning I had an inkling about who the killer was because I thought I remembered something from the movie (which I saw like at least four years ago), but throughout the book, found my theory to be completely wrong (so then I had the theory that they changed the killer for the movie) and then I got to the end and then found out that I was actually RIGHT (Unless, they actually DID change the killer in the movie, in which all of this doesn't make sense at all).
I would like to thank my dad for owning this book. In English. (Or I wouldn't have read it.)

Oh my goooooooood, I love it

I love Mr. Gray SO MUCH, okay? He's so... reliable? God, I just love him.
Adam, baby boy, finally had his head in straight. I'm so proud of you, honey.
I had totally forgotten about what happened with Persephone in this book. Can't believe I forgot that. Like. How.
Anyway, this was amazing. And I love Blue. So much. Also I find it weirdly endearing when she and Gansey are fighting. Idk why. I just do. Maybe it's because they're always so cute when they make up again. Who knows

I FINALLY FINISHED THIS BOOK. It was literally sitting for six months waiting to be finished.
I loved this so much! I think it actually helped that I left it alone for six months after reading like 90 pages because everything I remember about the beginning was really fucking depressing. When I started reading again things were finally picking up and getting more exciting!
Can I just say I am such a hoe for the Avitas/Helene ship, like I am all the way here for it, from the second I started reading the book again I was just like “I NEED THIS, I WANT THIS, GIVE IT TO ME!”
Like, Avitas is just so chef's kiss.
Helene's singing literally saves their asses so many times, like we wouldn't be here if it weren't for that. We'd all be fucking dead. Thank god for her singing. And also, thank god she didn't stay an emotionless blop, I was so scared I would be mad at her the entire time, but I wasn't. I actually love her, even though it's annoying how she always underestimates the Commondant, and I need her to trust Harper more because he's smart and knows things, but all that is besides the point that I really fucking love her.
Until Laia was making her way to Antium, her storyline was by far the least interesting. Every time we went back to her, I was just like “no! i want more Helene!!” Elias's was also interesting, but that one was quite frustrating because it was really just a waiting game on when things would start to go to shit.
I cannot BELIEVE Cook, I cannot- like I can't- I just- I can't. I really fucking can't. And Darin knows, but I can't for the life of me figure out how the fuck he knows! He's only a couple years older than Laia, it makes no sense that his tiny little brain would have been like “must remember, must notice, must gather information.” Because Spiro did not tell him all this. So how??? In Kauf? The Commondant???? I DON'T KNOOOOOOOOW. Also, I really thought he was lying about knowing how to make the steel. He was way too hesitant... I'm sure the next book will let me know.
Speaking of the Commondant, when is this bitch going to fucking die off, I cannot with this piece-of-shit lady, I just- ugh, you can't see me but I'm pinching the bridge of my nose just thinking about her. And honestly, the jinn? They are only a single step below the Commondant on the scale of terribleness, like A SINGLE STEP. Because they are fucking shitty AF too, like why y'all gotta be so manipulative???? The fuck did these people do to you, they weren't alive A THOUSAND FUCKING YEARS AGO WHEN EVERYTHING WENT TO SHIT. I just can't.
I have this theory, that something is up with the Commondant's health, like for some reason I think she's poisened or something and will die slowly, in like a year. I'm either remembering something subtly mentioned in another book, or it's just wishful thinking. I don't know.
Also can we just talk about Laia and her rash decisions for a second because a bitch is fed up, okay. She jumps to conclusions in a second, and it's not cute, Laia, it makes you look real fucking stupid. EVERYTHING IS NOT ABOUT YOU! Don't project yourself onto things that obviously aren't you! Like, shit, just sit the fuck down and think about it, geez.
When we got to the last chapter, I was confused about where Elias was at. I wanted him to jump in and be like “hey! how's ending humanity going?” but he didn't, so I guess he was preoccupied, but like, with what? HE'S IN THE FUCKING FOREST.
Anyway, I don't think I have much else to say. It was really really good, I loved it. It's a rough plot, but like I mentioned, I think it helped me to be seperated from the terribleness of the beginning and get back into when things were heating up. It's sad because it's war, but I didn't think it overpowered everything, it didn't feel like it was just war, war, war, with more war. It was really balanced and I loved that. It was just really well done, in general, and I just can't wait for the next one! It was so good!